Elon Musk’s Biggest Twitter Nemesis Is an 87-Year-Old Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- by Slate Magazine
- Nov 13, 2025
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In this most recent instance, JCO offered some thoughts after Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez kicked off a beef with Musk by posting a video outside Tesla’s Austin Gigafactory, where he referred to Musk as a “greedy hog” for taking the trillion-dollar stock agreement, along with countless federal subsidies, while everyday Americans were losing their SNAP benefits. Musk responded with rage, clarifying that he would not earn the trillion dollars if he failed to meet investor demands and denigrating the lawmaker as “a taker, not a maker. All you’ve done your whole life is take from the makers of the world.”
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Musk fans naturally loved that, with one conservative writer approvingly sharing a screenshot. It was at this point that Oates entered the picture, quote-tweeting the post with an extended observation.
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates—scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the “most wealthy person in the world.”
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s… https://t.co/xMxQGSVqEt
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